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‘Curious villagers stopped to stare at this shameless man and woman whose fingers were wound in each others’ hair, and whose lips were stretched with impossible smiles, and faces were glowing like warm red wax in the late afternoon. But after a minute or two, they too walked away, because looking at the two any longer became unbearable.’ A woman who won’t let the shadow of death disrupt her love life, another who falls irrevocably in love with a dead police officer, a devoted wife who steps out twice a week for Narcotics Anonymous meetings, friends who should have been lovers, the woman who offers all her pent-up love to a railway announcer’s voice … Annie Zaidi’s stories are at once warm and distant, violent and gentle – and, above all, untroubled by cynicism. This is a look at love, straight in the eye, to understand the alluring nature of the beast.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 9350293676
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper India
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 23 October 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9789350293676
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9350293676
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 294 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 2.1 x 19.7 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Net Quantity ‏ : ‎ 1.00 Count
Best Sellers Rank: #219,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4,552 in Short Stories (Books) #14,048 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) #26,376 in Romance (Books)
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